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November 3, 2011
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Pol: I’d KO parking permits
NY Post
by Rich Calder, Joe Mollica and Bob Fredericks
There already wasn't much good to be said for South Brooklyn pol, and Bruce Ratner stooge Marty Golden, who's been an outspoken booster of Atlantic Yards. And now this...
A Republican lawmaker vowed yesterday to kill a proposal that would make it easier for New Yorkers to find a parking spot in their neighborhoods.
“I have serious concerns and can’t support it,” said Brooklyn state Sen. Marty Golden about a plan that would require drivers to pay for a permit to park their cars on the streets where they live.
“I see this as just another tax and you shouldn’t be taxed for the privilege to park your car in New York City,” said Golden, who said the idea would never get through the GOP-controlled Senate. “You should be able to park wherever you want. It’s picking the pockets of drivers.”
...The parking permit plan -- which the City Council will take up today -- would also extend to other residential neighborhoods where residents wage daily battles with commuters and visitors for precious parking.
“This bill should not be killed in an Albany back room. Communities that want [permit parking] will get it, and those that don’t, won’t,” the bill’s co-sponsor, state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn Heights), responded to Golden’s vow to quash it.
Posted by eric at November 3, 2011 1:14 PM